DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The blue tutu and diamond necklace that Prudence was wearing helped win over the judges at this year’s Beautiful Bulldog contest at Drake University. The 2 1/2-year-old bulldog owned by Angela and Tom Miller of Des Moines won the contest on Sunday. The tongue-in-cheek contest is the opening event of the Drake Relays, a prestigious track and field meet to be held at Drake Stadium.

Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield, who served as a judge, says Prudence is “just gorgeous.” Student body President Thalia Anguiana was another judge. She says there’s just something about Prudence’s face that made her beautiful.

More than 1,000 people watched the contest as 38 bulldogs competed. Another 4,000 watched live online.

The Drake Relays are set to be held this upcoming week, Thursday through Saturday, at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.

High school qualifiers for this year’s events were announced on Saturday. Check out the full list of qualifiers here.

Atlantic’s Gratt Reed will compete in the 110 high hurdles and 400 hurdles. The Atlantic boys 4x400m relay team also qualified.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aledmys Diaz hit a go-ahead pinch-homer in the seventh inning, Lance Lynn pitched six strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 Saturday night.

Diaz, who didn’t start at shortstop due to back stiffness and a sore shoulder, homered leading off the seventh against reliever Carlos Torres (0-2).

Lynn (2-1) gave up a run and three hits in six innings. He struck out seven and walked two.

Seung Hwan Oh got his fourth save in five tries.

Travis Shaw had an RBI double in the first for Milwaukee, and the Cardinals tied it at 1 in the fourth on Ryan Braun’s two-base error. Braun made a diving catch on Kolten Wong’s soft liner, but his throw to second from his knees sailed out of play down the first-base line, allowing a run to score.

Girls Golf

• AHSTW 224, Audubon 236. Medalist: Jasmine Turner, Audubon, 44.
• IKM-Manning 222, Underwood 230. Medalist: Rachel Teten, Underwood, 50.
• Treynor 171, Griswold 215. Medalist: Aly Andersen, Treynor, 38.
• River Valley 214, Boyer Valley 220, OA-BCIG 240. Medalist: Alycen Knaack, River Valley, 50.

Boys Golf

• AHSTW 175, Audubon 186. Medalist: Erik Jorgensen, AHSTW, 38.
• Griswold 188, Treynor 191. Medalist: Marty Pelzer, Griswold, 41.
• IKM-Maning 172, Underwood 185. Medalist: Connor Fink, Underwood, 39.
• OA-BCIG 176, Boyer Valley 19, Heartland Christian 236. Medalist: Grant Kenkel, Boyer Valley, 40.

Girls Tennis

• Glenwood 9, Atlantic 0
• St. Albert 9, Southwest Valley 0
• Creston finished 5th at Knoxville Tournament

Boys Tennis

• Abraham Lincoln 7, Sioux City West 2
• Kuemper Catholic 5, Fort Dodge 4
• Southwest Valley 5, St. Albert 4
• Sioux City North 5, Abraham Lincoln 4
• Sioux City North 5, Thomas Jefferson 3
• Thomas Jefferson 7, Sioux City West 2

Girls Soccer

• Treynor 7, Atlantic 0
• Abraham Lincoln 2, Ralston 0
• Bondurant-Farrar 1, Glenwood 0 OT
• Clear Creek-Amana 2, St. Albert 1 PK
• Denison-Schleswig 2, Creston 1 PK
• Des Moines North def AHSTW OT

Boys Soccer

• AHSTW 7, Nodaway Valley 2
• Denison-Schleswig 2, Creston 0

Girls Team Scores

1. Glidden-Ralston 179
2. Boyer Valley 169
3. Coon Rapids-Bayard 152
4. Ar-We-Va 72

Boys Team Scores

1. Audubon 182
2. Coon Rapids-Bayard 151
3. Ar-We-Va 145
4. Glidden-Ralston 111
5. Paton-Churdan 75

Full results: GRWildcatCoEd2017

Girls Team Scores

1. Missouri Valley 161
2. Woodbine 93
3. West Harrison 88
4. Westwood 82
5. CAM 62
6. Whiting 46
7. River Valley 34

Full results: WestHarrisonCoEd2017

Boys Team Scores

1. Woodbine 153
2. Missouri Valley 148
3. CAM 100
4. West Harrison 95
5. Westwood 60
6. Whiting 23
7. River Valley 6

Full results: WestHarrisonCoEd2017

Team Results

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Adam Wainwright homered and drove in four runs while getting his first victory of the season, leading the St. Louis Cardinals over the Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 Friday night.

Wainwright ripped a two-run homer into the second deck in left field off Wily Peralta (3-1) to put the Cardinals up 2-1 in the third. He drove in two more runs with a single in the fourth to extend the lead to 5-1.

Wainwright (1-3) had struggled on the mound this season but showed better command against the Brewers. He gave up two runs and six hits in five innings, recording a season-high nine strikeouts without walking a batter.

Peralta has struggled against the Cardinals. He gave up nine hits and six runs in four innings, failing to strike out a batter for the first time in 20 starts dating to May 2016. Peralta is 0-8 in his last 10 starts against the Cardinals.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — University of Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says his relationship with a former top administrator deteriorated after he informed her that after a reorganization of the athletic department, she no longer would be his second-in-command.

Testifying Friday in a discrimination lawsuit filed by former administrator Jane Meyer, Barta said the two initially had a strong working relationship but that she became antagonistic after he told her in 2013 that he’d look for a new deputy director. Barta said he based his decision, in part, because he believed the head football and wrestling coaches wouldn’t support Meyer.

Meyer’s lawsuit alleges she suffered workplace discrimination as a gay woman in a relationship with a coach, that the school retaliated against her and that she was paid less than a male counterpart.